Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 2 | To achieve this aim involved driving out the small importers . |
| 3 | IBM STARTS HANDING OUT THE PINK SLIPS IN KINGSTON |
| 4 | In larger agencies they may have one or more assistants : the assistants ' tasks may include working out the minor details of a layout or storyboard , and providing paste-ups ( see page 177 ) and other material for production once the basic idea is approved by the client . |
| 5 | Supporters may enjoy working out the other members of the group ! |
| 6 | The minister had , in fact , outlined a programme of some 1,823 new houses , including corporation , NIHT and private developments , but 1,300 of these were to replace houses which were to be demolished in redevelopment , so that the plans did not envisage wiping out the existing demand for houses . |
| 7 | This technique involves spreading out the pastel dust with a tissue as an exceptionally thin film into which delicate variations can then be introduced , either by dabbing on more dust , perhaps of different colours , or by lifting it away with a putty eraser . |
| 8 | I remember crying out the first time , " It hurts ! " and Lang saying grimly , " It 's meant to . " |
| 9 | He began reading out the typewritten sheet in front of him : |
| 10 | Chancellor Norman Lamont and fellow finance ministers began hammering out the final draft in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon . |
| 11 | The cast , all in full costume , are standing near their initial cue points , eyes riveted on one man , the sweep of whose arm will tell them to start acting out the next episode of Doctor Who . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 're going to start trotting out the right answers for the wrong reasons you 'll go down great with my grandfather — what are you doing now — practising ? ’ |
| 13 | So I think bringing out the national agreement , although it was a great development for the union , and these docked a lot of the work they had to beforehand had to do , it certainly did n't help the relations and the entries in the trade union movement . |
| 14 | That pompous skitch John Yeovil had just finished reading out the Best Dream nominations . |
| 15 | Its form was dictated by the tightness of the site between Flinders Street and the river , which necessitated stringing out the narrow building along the full length of platforms which ran parallel to the river behind . |
| 16 | Come racing out the bloody office . |
| 17 | Miners would start digging out the new supplies in 1985 . |